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The Famous Five

Enid Blyton

‘I’ve got a puncture!’ said Dick. ‘My tyre’s going flat. Worst time it could possibly happen!’ ‘You’ve just got time to pump it up and hope for the best,’ he said. ‘We’ve got seven minutes before the train goes.’

Dick jumped off and took his pump. The others got off their bicycles, too, and stood round, watching to see if the tyre blew up well or not.

They were on their way to Kirrin Station to catch the train, bicycles and all. Their luggage had gone on in advance, and they thought they had left plenty of time to ride to the station, get their bicycles labeled and put in the luggage van, and catch the train comfortably. ‘We can’t miss the train!’ said George, putting on her best scowl. She always hated it when things went wrong. ‘We can. Easiest thing in the world!’ said Julian, grinning at George’s fierce face. ‘What do you say, Timmy?’

Timmy barked sharply, as if to say he certainly agreed. He licked George’s hand and she patted him. The scowl left her face as she saw Dick’s tyre coming up well. They’d just do it! Dick felt his tyre, gave a sigh of relief, and put his pump back in its place.

‘Phew! That was hot work,’ he said, mounting his bicycle. ‘Hope it will last till we get to the station. I was afraid you’d have to go without me.’ ‘Oh, no,’ said Anne. ‘We’d have caught the next train. Come on, Timmy!’ The four cousins and Timmy the dog raced on towards the station. They cycled into the station yard just as the signal went up to show the train was due.

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the answers from the given options.

The Famous Five

Enid Blyton

‘I’ve got a puncture!’ said Dick. ‘My tyre’s going flat. Worst time it could possibly happen!’ ‘You’ve just got time to pump it up and hope for the best,’ he said. ‘We’ve got seven minutes before the train goes.’

Dick jumped off and took his pump. The others got off their bicycles, too, and stood round, watching to see if the tyre blew up well or not.

They were on their way to Kirrin Station to catch the train, bicycles and all. Their luggage had gone on in advance, and they thought they had left plenty of time to ride to the station, get their bicycles labeled and put in the luggage van, and catch the train comfortably. ‘We can’t miss the train!’ said George, putting on her best scowl. She always hated it when things went wrong. ‘We can. Easiest thing in the world!’ said Julian, grinning at George’s fierce face. ‘What do you say, Timmy?’

Timmy barked sharply, as if to say he certainly agreed. He licked George’s hand and she patted him. The scowl left her face as she saw Dick’s tyre coming up well. They’d just do it! Dick felt his tyre, gave a sigh of relief, and put his pump back in its place.

‘Phew! That was hot work,’ he said, mounting his bicycle. ‘Hope it will last till we get to the station. I was afraid you’d have to go without me.’ ‘Oh, no,’ said Anne. ‘We’d have caught the next train. Come on, Timmy!’ The four cousins and Timmy the dog raced on towards the station. They cycled into the station yard just as the signal went up to show the train was due.

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the answers from the given options.

The Famous Five

Enid Blyton

‘I’ve got a puncture!’ said Dick. ‘My tyre’s going flat. Worst time it could possibly happen!’ ‘You’ve just got time to pump it up and hope for the best,’ he said. ‘We’ve got seven minutes before the train goes.’

Dick jumped off and took his pump. The others got off their bicycles, too, and stood round, watching to see if the tyre blew up well or not.

They were on their way to Kirrin Station to catch the train, bicycles and all. Their luggage had gone on in advance, and they thought they had left plenty of time to ride to the station, get their bicycles labeled and put in the luggage van, and catch the train comfortably. ‘We can’t miss the train!’ said George, putting on her best scowl. She always hated it when things went wrong. ‘We can. Easiest thing in the world!’ said Julian, grinning at George’s fierce face. ‘What do you say, Timmy?’

Timmy barked sharply, as if to say he certainly agreed. He licked George’s hand and she patted him. The scowl left her face as she saw Dick’s tyre coming up well. They’d just do it! Dick felt his tyre, gave a sigh of relief, and put his pump back in its place.

‘Phew! That was hot work,’ he said, mounting his bicycle. ‘Hope it will last till we get to the station. I was afraid you’d have to go without me.’ ‘Oh, no,’ said Anne. ‘We’d have caught the next train. Come on, Timmy!’ The four cousins and Timmy the dog raced on towards the station. They cycled into the station yard just as the signal went up to show the train was due.

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the answers from the given options.

The Famous Five

Enid Blyton

‘I’ve got a puncture!’ said Dick. ‘My tyre’s going flat. Worst time it could possibly happen!’ ‘You’ve just got time to pump it up and hope for the best,’ he said. ‘We’ve got seven minutes before the train goes.’

Dick jumped off and took his pump. The others got off their bicycles, too, and stood round, watching to see if the tyre blew up well or not.

They were on their way to Kirrin Station to catch the train, bicycles and all. Their luggage had gone on in advance, and they thought they had left plenty of time to ride to the station, get their bicycles labeled and put in the luggage van, and catch the train comfortably. ‘We can’t miss the train!’ said George, putting on her best scowl. She always hated it when things went wrong. ‘We can. Easiest thing in the world!’ said Julian, grinning at George’s fierce face. ‘What do you say, Timmy?’

Timmy barked sharply, as if to say he certainly agreed. He licked George’s hand and she patted him. The scowl left her face as she saw Dick’s tyre coming up well. They’d just do it! Dick felt his tyre, gave a sigh of relief, and put his pump back in its place.

‘Phew! That was hot work,’ he said, mounting his bicycle. ‘Hope it will last till we get to the station. I was afraid you’d have to go without me.’ ‘Oh, no,’ said Anne. ‘We’d have caught the next train. Come on, Timmy!’ The four cousins and Timmy the dog raced on towards the station. They cycled into the station yard just as the signal went up to show the train was due.

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow by choosing the answers from the given options.

The Famous Five

Enid Blyton

‘I’ve got a puncture!’ said Dick. ‘My tyre’s going flat. Worst time it could possibly happen!’ ‘You’ve just got time to pump it up and hope for the best,’ he said. ‘We’ve got seven minutes before the train goes.’

Dick jumped off and took his pump. The others got off their bicycles, too, and stood round, watching to see if the tyre blew up well or not.

They were on their way to Kirrin Station to catch the train, bicycles and all. Their luggage had gone on in advance, and they thought they had left plenty of time to ride to the station, get their bicycles labeled and put in the luggage van, and catch the train comfortably. ‘We can’t miss the train!’ said George, putting on her best scowl. She always hated it when things went wrong. ‘We can. Easiest thing in the world!’ said Julian, grinning at George’s fierce face. ‘What do you say, Timmy?’

Timmy barked sharply, as if to say he certainly agreed. He licked George’s hand and she patted him. The scowl left her face as she saw Dick’s tyre coming up well. They’d just do it! Dick felt his tyre, gave a sigh of relief, and put his pump back in its place.

‘Phew! That was hot work,’ he said, mounting his bicycle. ‘Hope it will last till we get to the station. I was afraid you’d have to go without me.’ ‘Oh, no,’ said Anne. ‘We’d have caught the next train. Come on, Timmy!’ The four cousins and Timmy the dog raced on towards the station. They cycled into the station yard just as the signal went up to show the train was due.

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British children are spending so much time watching television and playing computer games that one in six of them is struggling to talk, the government’s communications adviser warned on Monday.

Research published on Monday by Jean Gross, the Labour government’s new ‘communications champion,’ also found that many parents are too busy to spend valuable time with their children.

Nearly 25% of British boys have some difficulties learning to speak and 5% experience significant trouble, according to the survey of 1,000 parents. The corresponding figures for girls are 13 % and 2%.

While most children spoke their first word between 10 and 11 months, more girls than boys — 34% against 27 % — did so before they reached nine months. Some 4% of children had not said their first word by the age of three. Gross, an educational psychologist, said some of the problems could be put down to a lack of face-to-face conversations with parents. "Our brains have not evolved to learn from machines. Babies are primed to respond to a face, and to recognise their parents’ faces," she said.

The survey warned that 23% of all children who have problems talking and understanding speech receive no help, with implications for their future. Evidence shows that such children, left unaided, risk developing mental health problems or getting into trouble with the law later in life, Gross warned.

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Read the passage carefully.

British children are spending so much time watching television and playing computer games that one in six of them is struggling to talk, the government’s communications adviser warned on Monday.

Research published on Monday by Jean Gross, the Labour government’s new ‘communications champion,’ also found that many parents are too busy to spend valuable time with their children.

Nearly 25% of British boys have some difficulties learning to speak and 5% experience significant trouble, according to the survey of 1,000 parents. The corresponding figures for girls are 13 % and 2%.

While most children spoke their first word between 10 and 11 months, more girls than boys — 34% against 27 % — did so before they reached nine months. Some 4% of children had not said their first word by the age of three. Gross, an educational psychologist, said some of the problems could be put down to a lack of face-to-face conversations with parents. "Our brains have not evolved to learn from machines. Babies are primed to respond to a face, and to recognise their parents’ faces," she said.

The survey warned that 23% of all children who have problems talking and understanding speech receive no help, with implications for their future. Evidence shows that such children, left unaided, risk developing mental health problems or getting into trouble with the law later in life, Gross warned.

Based on your reading of the passage, answer the following questions.

Read the passage carefully.

British children are spending so much time watching television and playing computer games that one in six of them is struggling to talk, the government’s communications adviser warned on Monday.

Research published on Monday by Jean Gross, the Labour government’s new ‘communications champion,’ also found that many parents are too busy to spend valuable time with their children.

Nearly 25% of British boys have some difficulties learning to speak and 5% experience significant trouble, according to the survey of 1,000 parents. The corresponding figures for girls are 13 % and 2%.

While most children spoke their first word between 10 and 11 months, more girls than boys — 34% against 27 % — did so before they reached nine months. Some 4% of children had not said their first word by the age of three. Gross, an educational psychologist, said some of the problems could be put down to a lack of face-to-face conversations with parents. "Our brains have not evolved to learn from machines. Babies are primed to respond to a face, and to recognise their parents’ faces," she said.

The survey warned that 23% of all children who have problems talking and understanding speech receive no help, with implications for their future. Evidence shows that such children, left unaided, risk developing mental health problems or getting into trouble with the law later in life, Gross warned.

Based on your reading of the passage, answer the following questions.

Read the passage carefully.

British children are spending so much time watching television and playing computer games that one in six of them is struggling to talk, the government’s communications adviser warned on Monday.

Research published on Monday by Jean Gross, the Labour government’s new ‘communications champion,’ also found that many parents are too busy to spend valuable time with their children.

Nearly 25% of British boys have some difficulties learning to speak and 5% experience significant trouble, according to the survey of 1,000 parents. The corresponding figures for girls are 13 % and 2%.

While most children spoke their first word between 10 and 11 months, more girls than boys — 34% against 27 % — did so before they reached nine months. Some 4% of children had not said their first word by the age of three. Gross, an educational psychologist, said some of the problems could be put down to a lack of face-to-face conversations with parents. "Our brains have not evolved to learn from machines. Babies are primed to respond to a face, and to recognise their parents’ faces," she said.

The survey warned that 23% of all children who have problems talking and understanding speech receive no help, with implications for their future. Evidence shows that such children, left unaided, risk developing mental health problems or getting into trouble with the law later in life, Gross warned.

Based on your reading of the passage, answer the following questions.

Read the passage carefully.

British children are spending so much time watching television and playing computer games that one in six of them is struggling to talk, the government’s communications adviser warned on Monday.

Research published on Monday by Jean Gross, the Labour government’s new ‘communications champion,’ also found that many parents are too busy to spend valuable time with their children.

Nearly 25% of British boys have some difficulties learning to speak and 5% experience significant trouble, according to the survey of 1,000 parents. The corresponding figures for girls are 13 % and 2%.

While most children spoke their first word between 10 and 11 months, more girls than boys — 34% against 27 % — did so before they reached nine months. Some 4% of children had not said their first word by the age of three. Gross, an educational psychologist, said some of the problems could be put down to a lack of face-to-face conversations with parents. "Our brains have not evolved to learn from machines. Babies are primed to respond to a face, and to recognise their parents’ faces," she said.

The survey warned that 23% of all children who have problems talking and understanding speech receive no help, with implications for their future. Evidence shows that such children, left unaided, risk developing mental health problems or getting into trouble with the law later in life, Gross warned.

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